"You are Geng Di's enemy!"

Yun Si Ning suddenly realized what was going on and understood immediately.

"It seems you already guessed it."

"Um."

Yun Si Ning nodded.

"Who is Bai Xiao, the leader of the Guiling Sword Sect, to you?"

"Haha, those are my subordinates."

"really."

Si Yiqi lightly twirled her jade-like fingers and said with a faint smile.

"My story with Geng Di is a long one. Since you've seen my handwritten letter, you should know something about it, right?"

"Um……"

Yun Si Ning thought for a moment and remembered the contents of Si Yi Qi's handwritten note.

“I remember you said that you were originally the Grand Preceptor of the Great Long Dynasty, but you were murdered by treacherous officials and were about to die tragically, which is why you left behind that scroll of writings.”

"But... wasn't that thing meant to lure others into your tomb and then seize their bodies?"

No, no.

Si Yiqi gently shook her head.

"You're right, but not entirely."

"What's the meaning?"

“When I wrote that scroll, I was indeed seriously injured, and the contents of it were not entirely lies.”

"The so-called treacherous official is none other than Geng Di, the Grand Steward of the Great Long Imperial Court."

Upon hearing this, Yun Si Ning's brows furrowed.

“Geng Di…”

"I think you've been thinking about this for so long, you should have already noticed something."

"right……"

Panxi, Hualu, and Siyiqi—Yun Sining thought of these three people who were connected to Geng Di, but a question that had puzzled her for a long time was about to come to mind.

"Geng Di... what era did he live in?"

Yun Si Ning looked at Si Yi Qi.

"Why do I feel like he's left his mark on every era? Can people really live that long?"

Si Yiqi's beautiful eyes flickered slightly as she met Yun Sining's gaze.

“You’re right, Geng Di is an extremely mysterious person.”

She sighed softly, her thoughts instantly drifting back thousands of years.

"Before entering the Great Long Imperial Court, I was just an ordinary cultivator in the martial arts world."

"At that time, the Great Long Dynasty was at its most prosperous period, and entering the imperial court became the goal of all cultivators under heaven."

"Do all cultivators want to enter officialdom?"

"Yes, entering officialdom is the ultimate goal for us Jianghu people."

As Si Yiqi recalled the past, a faint smile unconsciously appeared on her face.

"Looking back now, those days were truly pure."

At this point, Yun Sining suddenly remembered what Panxi had said to her.

Around the year 2200 of the Dalong calendar, the female disciples of the One Sword Sect became famous throughout the world.

"Her black hair swept against the white shadow, the moon was hidden and the frost was reflected. She alone with her sword defeated countless young talents."

"In less than two years, she has already reached the peak of the Serpent Core realm, and is only one step away from the Dragon Marrow."

That year, she was 19 years old.

Thinking about all this, Yun Sining suddenly became restless.

"I heard that you reached the peak of the Serpent Core Realm when you were 19 years old, and later opened the Gate of Desire."

"oh?"

Si Yiqi was taken aback.

"You actually know these things."

"I heard it from a friend."

"Yes, I did make these."

Si Yiqi nodded slightly.

"The cultivation model at that time had a big problem. The cultivators of that dynasty were too bound by the original Great Dao. If this continued, the Great Long would inevitably decline."

"Therefore, I founded the Desire Gate and introduced the system of cultivating desire into the imperial court."

Yun Si Ning gasped, feeling immense pressure as she looked at the slender woman in front of her.

The person before me was a great figure who ushered in a new era.

The creator of the Desire Gate and the founder of the Desire Qi Cultivation System.

"Let's not talk about these things; they happened a long time ago."

"But when I actually entered the Great Long Imperial Court, I discovered many secrets that I had never heard of before."

"Didn't you gain the favor of the Emperor of Dalong?"

Yun Si Ning remembered that Pan Xi had said that Si Yi Qi had been personally appointed as the Imperial Preceptor by the Emperor of Da Long.

Sigh...

Unexpectedly, Si Yiqi let out a long sigh.

"That's just what outsiders see."

"No one in the entire world, whether a martial arts cultivator or a court official, knows the secrets of the Great Long royal family."

What is it?

Yun Si Ning's curiosity was immediately piqued.

"That so-called Emperor of Dalong, revered by all and the ruler of the world, is actually just a puppet!"

"puppet?"

"You mean..."

Yun Si Ning immediately made a guess.

"That's right, the so-called Emperor of Dalong was just Geng Di's puppet."

"It really was him."

Yun Si Ning narrowed her eyes slightly, recalling two emperors from her history books in her previous life.

One was Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the other was Emperor Xuantong of the late Qing Dynasty.

"It seems that the situation of the Great Long Emperor is similar."

"After I entered the Imperial Court, I investigated for a long time before I confirmed this matter."

"In the thousands of years of history of Dalong, Grand Steward Geng Di seems to be a figure hidden in a corner of history."

"In the entire cultivation world, only a very few people know of his existence, but his shadow is behind every important event."

Hearing her say that, Geng Di seemed to become even more mysterious.

What exactly happened between you two?

"Sigh, let me tell you slowly."

"at first……"